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Virginia. It is appar- 

 ent, however, that 

 these varieties soften 

 somewhat more rap- 

 idly at 32° than the 

 slowest softening 

 group of Virginia va- 

 rieties. Consequently, 

 b}^ the middle of Jan- 

 uary the Stark, Tomp- 

 kins King, and Bald- 

 win from New York 

 were slightly softer 

 than the Arkansas, 

 Winesap, York Im- 

 perial, and Yellow 

 Xewtown group from 

 Virginia. Apparently 

 the slower softening 

 group of varieties, 

 which are particularly 

 adapted to a long 

 growing season, inher- 

 ently soften somewhat 

 less rapidly than the 

 northern- gro wn 

 apples, even though 

 the latter are harder 

 at the time of picking. 



Figure 11 shows also 

 the rate of softening 

 of the different va- 

 rieties of apples grown 

 at Wenatchee when 

 held continuously at 

 temperatures of 32° F. 

 These apples were also 

 stored locally and con- 

 sequently were not 

 under exactly the 

 same conditions as the 

 Virginia - grown fruit 

 shown in Figure 10, 

 but it is believed that 

 the storage conditions 

 were sufficiently simi- 

 lar to make the results 

 comparable. 



A careful analysis 

 of the data for the 

 same varieties shown 

 in Figures 10 and 

 11 indicates that, 



